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We met with one of the Hoofstock Keepers, who told us all about the many species of antelope that call Lion Country Safari home. We learned that antelope have horns, not antlers, and we even got to see and feel
real antelope horns and deer antlers. We also walked around a bit to learn to identify various tracks and scat, and the keeper took us on a guided tour to learn more about these fascinating animals. Some of us even made some paper mache antelope as an enrichment for the Lions.
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For this week's Bird day, we visited the Lory
Encounter, where a member of the education department told us all about these colorful, friendly birds that live in Australia and the surrounding islands. They climbed all over our hats and arms. We learned that they like to play with hats, sunglasses, hair scrunchies, etc. We got to feed them, and some of us had our pictures taken with them!
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During our snake day we got to learn all about the different types of snakes there are. We learned about the ways that snakes help us out and why we need to have them here. We even got to hold a snake and have our picture taken with it.
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We met up with a member of the wildlife staff. They taught us how to prepare iguana diets. We got to watch the reptiles eat the food we helped to prepare. Some of us were able to help with some of the cleaning for
the iguana exhibit. And some of the older kids even got to watch the Burmese python being fed.
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Lory, one of the members of the wildlife staff, brought in brought in some of her insects for us to see and taught us all about Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and Millipedes. We even got to hold the Cockroaches.